--- a/hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	Tue Dec 01 21:08:00 2015 +0100
+++ b/hotspot/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	Tue Dec 01 21:30:34 2015 -0500
@@ -4585,20 +4585,6 @@
 extern void report_error(char* file_name, int line_no, char* title,
                          char* format, ...);
 
-extern bool signal_name(int signo, char* buf, size_t len);
-
-const char* os::exception_name(int exception_code, char* buf, size_t size) {
-  if (0 < exception_code && exception_code <= SIGRTMAX) {
-    // signal
-    if (!signal_name(exception_code, buf, size)) {
-      jio_snprintf(buf, size, "SIG%d", exception_code);
-    }
-    return buf;
-  } else {
-    return NULL;
-  }
-}
-
 // this is called _before_ the most of global arguments have been parsed
 void os::init(void) {
   char dummy;   // used to get a guess on initial stack address